Teofil Codreanu
Romanian footballer
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Teofil Codreanu (1 February 1941 – 10 January 2016) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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Codreanu in 1965 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 10 January 2016 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1956–1959 | CCA București | ||
| 1959–1961 | Rapid București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1973 | Rapid București | 258 | (39) |
| International career | |||
| 1962–1965 | Romania U23 | 9 | (0) |
| 1964 | Romania B | 1 | (0) |
| 1964–1971 | Romania Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| 1965 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979–1981 | Mecanică Fină București | ||
| 1981–1983 | Unirea Răcari | ||
| 1983–1984 | CSM Borzești | ||
| 1984–1986 | Metalul Rădăuți | ||
| 1986 | Rapid București | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Codreanu, nicknamed Parpală, was born on 1 February 1941 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1956 at CCA București.[1][2][3] In 1959, he went to play for Rapid București where on 18 March 1962 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ion Mihăilescu in a 1–1 draw against Minerul Lupeni.[1][2][3][4] Codreanu spent all 12 seasons of his career at Rapid, helping the club win the 1966–67 Divizia A, which was the first title in its history, being used by coach Valentin Stănescu in 23 matches in which he scored two goals.[1][2][3][5] He also won the 1971–72 Cupa României, playing four games in the campaign, including being used by coach Bazil Marian as a starter in the 2–0 win over Jiul Petroșani in the final.[1][2][3][6]
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Codreanu played 14 games and scored three goals in European competitions.[1][2] He took part in the 1967–68 European Cup campaign in which he helped The Railwaymen get past Trakia Plovdiv in the first round by scoring a double in the second leg, being eliminated by Juventus in the following round.[1][2][7] He played five games in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup as the club reached the third round, eliminating Napoli and Legia Warsaw, being eliminated by the team who eventually won the competition, Tottenham.[2][3][8] Subsequently, he took part in the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, playing two games, helping the team reach the quarter-finals, eliminating Landskrona BoIS and Rapid Wien, being knocked out by Leeds United who reached the final.[2][3][9] Codreanu made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1973 in a 2–1 away loss to SC Bacău, totaling 258 appearances with 39 goals in the competition and 33 matches with seven goals in Cupa României.[1][2][3]
International career
Managerial career
Codreanu was also a manager who coached mostly in the Romanian lower leagues at Mecanică Fină București, Unirea Răcari, CSM Borzești and Metalul Rădăuți.[3] He had only a single Divizia A experience which consisted of seven games at Rapid București, and also coached for many years at the team's youth academy.[3]
